Ohio gov to join Obama at NCAA basketball game

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's Republican governor plans to join President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron to watch an NCAA tournament basketball game in Dayton, Ohio.

Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) spokesman said the first-term governor planned to greet the leaders upon their arrival and travel in the presidential motorcade to the "First Four" matchup between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky on Tuesday night

Spokesman Rob Nichols said he didn't know whether Kasich would be riding in the same vehicle as the two men. He said Kasich was to sit in the same proximity as the leaders, and that the governor also shares "a tremendous interest in basketball."

Nichols said Kasich planned to give Obama letters from his twin daughters, who wanted to welcome the Democratic president to the state.